Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-30 Thread Alice Wiegand
Hi Lodewijk, I like the idea of having more opportunities to talk and to try out different approaches. That was the reason for Patricio and me to offer a Chapters Lunch Meeting on Sunday, where we want to talk about the role of Chapters Selected Board members, expectations, limitations, and the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-30 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi Robert, This is a great question. Would you mind adding it to the wiki so we don't lose track of it? Short answer, not speaking for the board, bearing in mind that I missed the past year of board discussions: The board doesn't chose what technology to use but we do have end goals in mind:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-30 Thread Robert Rohde
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:24 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Robert, This is a great question. Would you mind adding it to the wiki so we don't lose track of it? snip I don't mind adding it, but I'm not sure where you want it to go? Also, should I copy your reply, too?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-29 Thread Lodewijk
Hi Phoebe, thanks for pointing to this! I see that this year we only have one hour of board QA. I have always seen a lot of value in these board discussions, especially when it can come to actually that: discussions. As there are several discussion sessions scheduled, without a specific topic,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-29 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi Lodewijk, Thanks for the idea! I can't commit right now that anyone will be able to do this (all the trustees have a busy schedule and are pulled in lots of different directions during Wikimania) but we might be able to schedule a session or two (though since the schedule is so packed with

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-29 Thread Robert Rohde
Phoebe, I am wondering if you (or another board member) would elaborate a little on how you see the Board's role when it comes to the evolving technical development of WMF projects? WMF has articulated a medium- to long-term vision for Mediawiki that builds on projects like VisualEditor, Flow,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-29 Thread Bishakha Datta
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.orgwrote: Hi Phoebe, thanks for pointing to this! I see that this year we only have one hour of board QA. I have always seen a lot of value in these board discussions, especially when it can come to actually that:

[Wikimedia-l] Questions for the WMF Board of Trustees?

2013-07-28 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi all, Every year at Wikimania the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees hosts a panel where they take questions from the audience on the work of the WMF and the Board. In past years the board has also taken questions via IRC. This year we'd also like to provide the opportunity to leave